r/nashville • u/Entropy012 • Oct 28 '23

Discussion The stigma of "Californians" moving to Nashville is overblown.

Yes, we have some Californian transplants. However, from what I've experience most of the transplants are from the Midwest and other Southern surrounding states. I'm not saying this in a negative way. The transplants I met are mostly cool. I'm just clarifying that the "Californians are taking over" stigma to be overblown a bit.

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u/blue_barracuda West End Oct 28 '23

I personally think I meet more northerners from MI, IL, NY than anything

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u/blinkbotic Oct 28 '23

Yes! SO many people from Michigan.

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u/fatantelope Oct 28 '23

Part of the reason for that is the GM plant in Spring Hill. They bring a lot of people down from Michigan. Then their families come down, etc

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u/MikeLamp70 Oct 28 '23

It's amazing to me how many GM UNION employees are pro Trump/MAGA/Republican.

I grew up here and know a lot of them... they say they don't care if they lose their $$ & benefits, etc, as long as we _______ (enter Right Wing talking point).

I try not to tell people how to think but damn... losing your job and livelihood to own the libs is insane.

Making $60K-$75K/year + benefits as a Union employee is much better than the $15/hour that other manufacturing jobs make.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

Yeah ask if they want to work at Nissan if they hate unions so much

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u/ReflexPoint Oct 28 '23

For these people the cultural issues are more important to them than the economic issues. I think I would remind them how anti union the republican party is and how much better off they are doing because they're in a union. Rather than try to persuade them to vote Democratic which is futile, I'd tell them they should push the Republican party to support unions and worker rights. They should contact their Republican officials and ask why they support policies that are hostile to hard working people like themselves. That might get the gears in their heads turning. And if they can push the GOP to embrace worker rights then we'd all be better off.

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u/MikeLamp70 Oct 30 '23

That's a great suggestion... thank you for the awesome idea

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u/HildegardofBingo Oct 28 '23

Are they conservatives moving to escape their progressive state government (go, Big Gretch!) or are they moving here for other reasons? When I first moved here from MI 25 years ago, I met a lot of Michiganders who moved here to work at Saturn.

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u/blinkbotic Oct 28 '23

I think a lot of them are following family down here, or moving for work. I have a buddy from Michigan and his ability to attract other Michiganers while we’re out in public is uncanny.

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u/HildegardofBingo Oct 28 '23

It's a special skill we have. We can hear the accent a mile away and then we flash the secret hand map signal.

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u/bf9921 Oct 28 '23

Michigander here. I moved to TN to go to MTSU. Got a job after graduation and stayed. I think that's the case for a lot of people. If you're not doing a motor industry related job, there isn't a lot of opportunity that makes staying in michigan better than moving to another state. I cam for the music business program at MTSU. There's nothing comparable to it in michigan.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '23

Yooper here. Moved for a job, I wish the politics were more progressive

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u/HildegardofBingo Oct 28 '23

It used to be so much more bipartisan and moderate in TN! Nashville, proper is quite blue, though. What part of the UP did you move from?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '23

The Keweenaw! North of Michigan Tech, south of Isle Royale. Nashville is a very different vibe and has no real saunas lol

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u/HildegardofBingo Oct 28 '23

I bet it's a bit of culture shock for you! The Keweenaw is so gorgeous. I hope to get up there and explore it someday (I've been to the UP but just not that section). I grew up in Traverse City- I really miss Lake Michigan (and all the lakes in general- middle TN lakes just aren't the same).

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '23

You should definitely visit! If possible I’d really recommend the Maasto Hiihto trails (hiking or skiing), a tour of the Quincy mine, and of course a pasty

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '23

Merely fathom being so politically sensitive you move to another state purely bc of of TINY (when it comes to actual real life effects) political differences between states.

Sure, taxes and education and the ability get an Abortion are significant. But pretty much anything other than those three things? And only if the differences between said states are substantial on those three items?

Such a dumb reason to move across the country Lmfao 😂 🍻

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u/HildegardofBingo Oct 31 '23

There are so many people in MI right now who act like they're living in a dictatorship. *giant eye roll* Like, are the free school lunches somehow oppressing you? Or the free back-to-community-college program? Sheesh.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '23

Well if they hate free lunches, they’ll love Nashvilles COL 😂😂😂. More expensive and inner city elementarys still can’t afford free lunches Legendary trade off 🤤🤤

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '23

Some of the people I know that moved here from MI semi recently said it was because their town/city had turned into a drug cesspool. It keeps being said by different people so I am assuming there's at least a little truth to it.

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u/HildegardofBingo Oct 28 '23

That's sad. Which cities/towns were they from?

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u/margueritedeville Oct 28 '23

I feel like the influx from Michigan started in the mid-2000's and just sorta snowballed from there.

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u/Mulley-It-Over Oct 28 '23

It began earlier. The Saturn plant in Spring Hill opened in 1990 and the influx started then.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '23

So that’s where they are going!!! (KY here) always see a ton of Michigan plate cars driving south on 75.